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Disagree, agree, or have a question: Contact us through the contact page on our website; http://www.biblebulldog.com Genesis 22:15-18 And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven 16 and said, "By myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies,18 and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."

The whole story of Abraham and Isaac and Eliezer are and Rebecca is symbolic of The Father and The Son and The Holy Spirit and the Church.

ISAAC AND REBEKAH

Gen. 24:1-67.

In this story-

I.ABRAHAM IS A TYPE OF “GOD.”

II.ISAAC A TYPE OF “CHRIST.”

Both Isaac and Christ were CHILDREN OF PROMISE. Gen. 15:4. Isa. 7:14.

The birth of both was PRE-ANNOUNCED. Gen. 18:10. Luke 1:30-31

Both were NAMED BEFORE THEIR BIRTH. Isaac-Gen. 17:19. Jesus-Luke 1:31.

The birth of both was CONTRARY TO NATURE

Sarah was barren. Gen. 11:30.

Mary was a virgin. Matt. 1:18-20.

Both are called an ONLY SON. Gen. 22:2 (Heb. 11:17). John 3:16.

Both mocked and persecuted by their OWN PEOPLE. Gen. 21:9-10. Gal. 4:28-29. Matt. 27:29.

Neither Isaac nor Christ had BROKEN THE LAW that they should be offered up. Gen. 22:2. Matt. 27:24.

As Isaac carried the wood on which he was to die, so Christ carried His OWN CROSS. Gen. 22:6. John 19:17.

As Isaac went willingly to the “altar,” so Christ went willingly to the “CROSS.” Gen. 22:9. John 10:17.

Both apparently given up or FORSAKEN BY HIS FATHER. Gen. 22:12. Matt. 27:46.

Both rose from the place of death in RESURRECTION. Heb.11:17-19. Matt. 28:6.

In both cases GOD interposed.

III.ELIEZER A TYPE OF THE “HOLY SPIRIT.”

As Eliezer was a servant of Abraham, so the Holy Spirit is a “Servant of God.”

As Eliezer’s mission was to go to Haran and get a bride for Isaac, so the Holy Spirit has been sent from Heaven to get a BRIDE FOR CHRIST.

As Eliezer was not sent to get a bride for Isaac until after he was symbolically offered up, so the Holy Spirit was not sent to get a Bride for Christ until AFTER HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION.

As Eliezer did not talk about himself, but about his Master’s son, so the Holy Spirit does not talk about HIMSELF, BUT ABOUT CHRIST.

As Eliezer was urgent, so the Holy Spirit is URGENT. Gen. 24:53-56. 2 Cor. 6:2.

As Eliezer by the precious gifts he gave Rebekah revealed the wealth of his Master Isaac, so the Holy Spirit by His Gifts gives us a foretaste of what is in store for the Bride of Christ, the Church.

When Eliezer got Rebekah’s consent to be the bride of Isaac he himself took her back; he did not send her back while he remained with her kinsfolk. So when The Holy Spirit takes us and starts a work in us, he continues that work until it is fully completed.

IV.REBEKAH A TYPE OF THE “BRIDE OF CHRIST.”

As Rebekah believed and yielded to the pleadings of Eliezer, so the Church believes and yields to the pleadings of the HOLY SPIRIT.

As Rebekah was willing to separate herself from her kinsfolk for Isaac’s sake, so the Believer is willing to separate himself from his kinsfolk for JESUS’ SAKE.

As Eliezer on the way to Isaac told Rebekah all about his Master Isaac, and what was in store for her, so the Holy Spirit as we journey on our earthly pilgrimage tells us what is in store for us when we shall meet our Isaac-JESUS.

As Rebekah was somewhat a Jew-Gentile bride, so the Church of Christ is a Jew and GENTILE Bride.

While Rebekah was a kinswoman of Isaac, she was a Gentile, for while Abraham was the first Hebrew, his kinspeople were Gentiles, for the Jews are the descendants of Judah, the fourth son of Abraham’s grandson Jacob.

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